What a year on furlough it has been! It was hard for us to leave the Navajo the first place, but God knew that Rob's mom would have back and neck surgery, and that we would start out 2013 in Kansas helping the Houser's due to my adopted mom, Linda's cancer treatments. Rob even worked as a cart pusher at Walmart. April saw us returning to Kentucky, due to lack of jobs for both of us nor acquitted housing. It was a joy to return to our church home at Immanuel Baptist Church of Corbin and all our dear friend and family in Kentucky. We began making calls seeking what path God was going to have us take the next and quickly an answer came.
May 6th was a big day for us, because we became missionaries partnered with San Juan Baptist Association, at the advice of friends and NAMB. Summer 2013 saw us on a whirlwind tour of churches from Kansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee. In August we traveled back to the Navajo Reservation for a young friends passing.
September and October saw me employed for the first time as a temp worker at a local factory. That fizzled on me. Just as it did, we received a call asking us to be full time Youth and Student Ministry worker. We will work bi-vocationally until the church can fully support us. December sees us with 12% of our start-up support raised with a planed leave date at about February 1st! Pray for God's will in our leaving...
As we leave this year of 2013 behind and prepare to enter into 2014, let us not forget Jesus, our Emmanuel, God with us, who came here over 2000 years ago as the greatest missionary and only Savior the world has ever known. We pray that He will be the song in your hearts this Christmas, and the hope that dwells richly in your hearts throughout the New Years.
God bless and Merry Christmas to all!
~ Michelle and Rob Nickles
God is so good, and He is the Lamp unto our feet and the Light to our path... no matter how little beyond the next step we see He always goes there ahead of us.
North American Mission Board states that out of nearly 300,000 Navajo only 1-2% are Evangelical Christians. We have made a long term commitments toward reaching the Navajo. One time gifts of any amount are always a blessing. Most of all we are in need of your prayers. Prayer is the fuel that will enable lost Native youth to open up their hearts to the Gospel of Jesus. We are grateful for you partnering with us!
What a year on furlough it has been! It was hard for us to leave the Navajo the first place, but God knew that Rob's mom would have back and neck surgery, and that we would start out 2013 in Kansas helping the Houser's due to my adopted mom, Linda's cancer treatments. Rob even worked as a cart pusher at Walmart. April saw us returning to Kentucky, due to lack of jobs for both of us nor acquitted housing. It was a joy to return to our church home at Immanuel Baptist Church of Corbin and all our dear friend and family in Kentucky. We began making calls seeking what path God was going to have us take the next and quickly an answer came.
May 6th was a big day for us, because we became missionaries partnered with San Juan Baptist Association, at the advice of friends and NAMB. Summer 2013 saw us on a whirlwind tour of churches from Kansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee. In August we traveled back to the Navajo Reservation for a young friends passing.
